CVE-2014-9157
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 5.6%EU EUVD
Format string vulnerability in the yyerror function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphviz allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via format string specifiers in unknown vectors, which are not properly handled in an error string.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-134
- EPSS score
- 5.6% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-8982)
- Published
- December 3, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-8982 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- graphviz / graphviz
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0520.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/784(Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/872(Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60166(Broken Link)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3098(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:248(Broken Link)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:187(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71283(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98949(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/99eda421f7ddc27b14e4ac1d2126e5fe41719081(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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